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Button._rotation 157

Button._rotation

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

my_btn._rotation:Number

Description

Property; the rotation of the button, in degrees, from its original orientation. Values from

0 to 180 represent clockwise rotation; values from 0 to -180 represent counterclockwise rotation.

Values outside this range are added to or subtracted from 360 to obtain a value within the range.

For example, the statement

my_btn._rotation = 450 is the same as my_btn._rotation = 90.

Example

The following example rotates two buttons on the Stage. Create two buttons on the Stage called

control_btn and my_btn. Make sure that my_btn is not perfectly round, so you can see it

rotating. Then enter the following ActionScript in Frame 1 of the Timeline:

var control_btn:Button;

var my_btn:Button;

control_btn.onRelease = function() {

my_btn._rotation += 10;

};

Now create another button on the Stage called myOther_btn, making sure it isn’t perfectly round

(so you can see it rotate). Enter the following ActionScript in Frame 1 of the Timeline.

var myOther_btn:Button;

this.createEmptyMovieClip("rotater_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());

rotater_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {

myOther_btn._rotation += 2;

};